Step Stool 1965?

With everyone showing off their great step stool projects it’s time to show off mine built in shop class with all hand tools in JR. High School some time around 1964 or 65?My mom had used it for 45 years and I didn’t even know she still had it till she gave it to me a couple a years ago. It sits proud up on top of one of my other projects.

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Great little step stool htl. It’s nice to look back at stuff we made. I posted my old stool a while back. All three kids used it to reach the sink back in the mid to late 70’s. I still have it! Thanks for sharing!

Ha. I have one I built in shop class in 1961! I bet it is the same pattern. Mine was “tippy” so I added horizontal strips of wood at the bottom of the legs sometime later. Mine was never “put away”, been in use ever since I made it 57 years ago! Sitting in my work shop right now waiting for it’s next call to duty!

Hunter I’ve been tempted to start a blog showing some of the things I’ve made over the years to show toys and model building is just my wood working in old age but I should add even then between builds I would build rocking horses and toys, have always loved creating things.

Rick I thought it might be interesting to the young wood workers to look at their project as something that could last 45 years.My house is full of projects I built 30 or so years ago but when my mom handed me this stool that she had been using for 45 years I was astounded.

Well done it has stood the test of time, I have a number of projects that i did around that time, actually before, Started shop classes in 1960, It was that year I decided to become a shop teacher. A few years later I made a high stool for mon for a gift I believe, I think it is still in the house and being used.

This stool has stood the test of time too, This one was possibly built by my wife’s grandfather, he used it in the railroad telegraph office in Iowa. My wife uses it to step on in the pantry to get things off the top shelf. I could make her a new fancy one but I think she would rather have this one.